Enrique’s Blog — Rock or die

I’m passionate about seeing “where we are” in our country (Mexico). I have a natural curiosity to see what is about our culture, economy, social status and quality of life in comparison to the countries that offer the best quality of life.

I have always in the eye to the “top countries” like: Canada, France, USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, Sweden.

Corruption Perception Index (2007)
Source: Transparency International Website
(Rank - Country)
1) Denmark
1) Finland
1) New Zealand
4) Singapore
4) Sweden
9) Canada
12) UK
16) Germany
19) France
20) USA
72) Mexico

Homicide Rate 2008
Source: Wikipedia International Rankings
The rate corresponds to the number of homicides per 100,000 habitants.
(Country - Rate)
Iraq - 89
Mexico - 25
USA - 5.7
Canada - 1.85
France - 1.64
England - 1.37
New Zealand - 1.28
Norway - 0.78

Income Equality (Gini Coefficients)
Source: Wikipedia / United Nations Development Programme
Let’s say it in simple words: the Gini Index means that the lower is the better, all the population is economically wealthy. The higher the value, means that there’s a big disparity between the richest and the poorest.
(Country - Gini Coefficient)
Denmark - 24.7
Japan - 24.9
Sweden - 25
Germany - 28.3
Canada - 32.6
France - 32.7
UK - 36
USA - 40.8
Mexico - 46.1
China - 46.9
Bolivia - 60.1

Democracy Index
Source: Wikipedia International Rankings
(Ranking - Country - Status)
1) Sweden - Functioning Democracy
2) Iceland - Functioning Democracy
3) Netherlands - Functioning Democracy
9) Canada - Functioning Democracy
13) Germany - Functioning Democracy
17) USA - Functioning Democracy
20) Japan - Functioning Democracy
24) France - Functioning Democracy
34) Italy - Flawed Democracy
53) Mexico - Flawed Democracy
102) Russia - Hybrid Regime
138) China - Authoritarian Regime

If you’d like to look for some other subjects, I’m sure that you’ll find interesting the Wikipedia International Rankings which are based in International Organisations surveys.